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Press - NL Event: Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted

May 18, 2004 09:21 AM

REUTERS 17 May 04 Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted
Amsterdam (Reuters): Three Rotterdam houses were evacuated Monday after a man saw a poisonous snake slithering through a hole in the wall of his home.
Firemen demolished part of a wall in the man's home but could not find the meter-long snake, which experts believed to be the venomous Sundevall's Garter.
"The snake has not been found yet. Snake experts have been called in and they are still busy trying to find it," a Rotterdam police spokeswoman said.
Neighboring houses were evacuated as a precautionary measure and snake experts on the scene were trying to lure the humidity-loving reptile with wet rags.
Residents won't be allowed to return to their homes until the snake, a native to South Africa, is caught.

Wes Comment: I included this item just to demonstrate that we're not alone in North America - remember the young lad in Toronto that lost a saw-scale? - when it comes to hots getting into the press. This press snippit is a touch odd though - I can't seem to find the original item in any of the Netherlands papers, just this english-version courtesy of Reuters.
Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted

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snakeskin May 18, 2004 04:12 PM

I allready spilled my anger on the dutch forums, but to clear this matter up, the dutch herpers presume that the "gartersnake" is in fact a Lampropeltis ssp...

we'll see where this goes..

I'll keep you guys informed

Cheers,

Peter
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"No one likes us, we don't care"

May 20, 2004 07:04 PM

Peter; Is this an update ... or just the same news later? Thanks, Wes

DE TELEGRAAF (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 18 May 04 Bewoners mogen naar huis ondanks wegblijven slang
Rotterdam: De slang is nog niet gevonden, maar de geëvacueerde bewoners aan de Katendrechtselaan in Rotterdam mochten dinsdag weer naar huis. Hulpverleningsdiensten in de Maasstad vertrouwen op de deskundigheid van een expert van reptielenzoo Serpo in Delft. Volgens de deskundige is het risico dat de slang een bewoner bijt, zeer gering.
In de woningen zijn vallen neergezet, meldde de politie dinsdag. Medewerkers van Serpo informeerden de bewoners hoe ze veilig kunnen omgaan met het dier, mochten ze hem tegenkomen.
Een 41-jarige bewoner van de laan zag zondagavond een slang door zijn woning kruipen. Het dier verdween vervolgens in een gat in de muur en liet zich niet meer zien. Volgens een lokale slangenexpert moest het om een Afrikaanse Garterslang gaan. Een beet van een dergelijke slang kan dodelijk zijn.
Bewoners mogen naar huis ondanks wegblijven slang

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